Serein Label Profile : Interview with Huw Roberts
‘Serein’ is an archaic word meaning ‘the supposed fall of dew from a clear sky right after sunset’. However, nowadays we identify this delicate dew as Huw Roberts’ exceptional record label based in...
View ArticleSound Bytes : Imprints, Steve Gibbs, Matthew Collings and Fraction
Imprints Data Trails Serein Imprints is a trio from London, and Data Trails is their second release (after a two-part self-released début) on the Welsh Serein label. The album is broken up into five...
View ArticlePorya Hatami – Arrivals And Departures (Time Released Sound)
What other word could we use to describe the year 2014 for the Iranian Porya Hatami but prolific? He has already given us two excellent solo albums in the form of Shallow (Tench, 2014) and The Garden...
View ArticleIn the studio with Skyphone
Can you tell us how you got involved in composing, and what was your very first piece of gear? We are three in the band, so we all have different beginnings. All of us have played in rock bands in the...
View ArticleLawrence English – Wilderness Of Mirrors (Room40)
erasure through auditory burial It feels like it’s been some time since I’ve heard from or wrote about Lawrence English. I last interviewed this Australian composer, and founder of Room40 label back...
View ArticleDecibel 2014 : Wednesday
[Editor's Note: HC was unable to personally make it to Seattle this year to cover Decibel. Nevertheless, we had a pair of trusted eyes and ears on the ground to bring you this wonderful review of the...
View ArticleIn the studio with Kiasmos
Kiasmos appeared on the scene back in 2009, on an Erased Tapes split EP with Rival Consoles. A few years later, and this somewhat elusive duo were still teasing us with only a few tracks here and...
View ArticleAlastair Kelly –Øresundsbroen | 05:50 | tåge
Has it been two weeks already? We’re back with another hour-long program to bring you more tunes! Today’s mix is brought to you by Alastair Kelly, who’s been a fan and a follower for some time now....
View ArticleAkkord – HTH020 (Houndstooth)
Akkord follows their stellar début album on Houndstooth with this addendum of 4 new tracks on an HTH020 EP. One of the things I loved about their first EP and album were that they seemed unafraid to...
View ArticleClark – Clark (Warp)
“Music is like sculpture. It’s like trying to capture a moment of ultimate momentum, and distill it forever. An invincible, sealed capsule of sound”. - Clark, August 2014 In order to give the latest...
View ArticleKiasmos – Kiasmos (Erased Tapes)
When Kiasmos announced an upcoming self-titled début, I bookmarked the date, lowered the heat, and put the release on the back-burner. London-based Erased Tapes never disappoints, and with a backing...
View ArticleDecibel 2014 : Thursday
The festival’s second day begun under the same conceptual auspice; Decibel’s multi-media Optical showcase for adventurous forays into recombinant audiovisual performances. Tonight’s setup was a good...
View ArticleDavid Newman – Audiobulb Label Mix
With the Daylight Savings Time I now wake up into complete darkness. My room in pitch black and my alarm blinking 6:00, I drag myself towards a fresh cup of coffee and the studio. As the caffeine...
View ArticleYann Novak – Snowfall (Dragon’s Eye)
molecularly sublime… Los Angeles based Dragon’s Eye Recordings is a label that keeps resurrecting itself. Originally founded in 1989 by Paul Novak as the audio/visual arm for his very own bread recipe...
View ArticleConstellation Tatsu : Interview with Steven Ramsey
Constellation Tatsu is an extremely young and relatively small independent label from Oakland, California. The man behind this exquisite collection of quiescent ambience is Steven Ramsey. During these...
View ArticleAndrea Belfi – Natura Morta (Miasmah)
At first, the name Andrea Belfi, may not trigger any particular memories. But dig a little deeper and you’ll discover that this Italian electro-acoustic composer has appeared on your radar (and on...
View ArticlePoppy Ackroyd – Feathers (Denovali)
Hope is the thing with feathers That perches in the soul And sings the tune without the words And never stops at all When skill, ingenuity, and inspiration meet, magical things can happen; art can...
View ArticleMarcus Fjellström – Headphone Commute Mix
On today’s podcast I am honored to host a mix from Marcus Fjellström, a Swedish composer (now based in Berlin) whom I’ve been following since his 2010 release Schattenspieler on Miasamah. Fjellström...
View ArticleVA – Touched. Two (Touched)
When the hurricane winds subsided, and I saw the destruction left behind by nature that touched people’s lives, I decided to gather whatever strength I could muster and release a benefit compilation,...
View ArticleLe Guess Who? : Part One
“All the way from New York?” they wondered out loud. They didn’t think the festival was that popular outside of the Netherlands, let alone Europe. Le Guess Who? was founded by Bob van Heur and Johan...
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